Killahertz:Headso: Now that brings up a question... If you fell 24 stories inside a pillar of water also falling 24 stories would the water break your fall at all?

Yes, it would. In a very similar manner to which the concrete street would break your fall.

In an identical manner, in that water doesn't compress for crap, and would almost instantly transfer the full force of the bottom of the water hitting the pavement to your body before you even hit the ground. If the water was deep enough, you could probably make it so you died from hitting the pavement while you're still just slightly above the first floor. That's where the rope, the super glue, and the piano wire come into play.